Editing Devil's Island (section)

== In popular culture ==
{{See also|Films set on Devil's Island}}
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*In the 1925 American film ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', starring [[Lon Chaney]], the Phantom is said to have escaped Devil's Island.
*Devil's Island is featured in the plot of ''[[The Dain Curse]]'' (1928), a novel by [[Dashiell Hammett]], an American mystery writer.<ref>Hammett, Dashiell ''The Dain Curse'' (1928), Chapter 6, "The Man From Devil's Island".</ref>
*[[Ronald Colman]] plays a Devil's Island prisoner in [[Condemned (1929 film)]]. 
*Danish writer [[Aage Krarup Nielsen]] wrote a novel ''Helvede hinsides havet'' (1933) (''Hell beyond the Sea''), describing life in the prison system.
*In 1939, [[Boris Karloff]] was cast as Dr. Charles Gaudet in the American film ''[[Devil's Island (1939 film)|Devil's Island]]''.
*Director [[Frank Borzage]]'s 1940 film ''[[Strange Cargo (1940 film)|Strange Cargo]]'' stars [[Clark Gable]], [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ian Hunter (actor)|Ian Hunter]], and [[Albert Dekker]] as three convicts and a woman who escape from Devil's Island; they are led by Hunter's character, a possible personification of God. [[Peter Lorre]] also stars, playing a bounty hunter pursuing the others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033105/|title=Strange Cargo (1940)|website=IMDb}}</ref>
*In the American film ''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]'' (1944), Paul de Bursac ([[Walter Surovy]]) tells Harry Morgan ([[Humphrey Bogart]]): "Did you ever hear of Pierre Villemars?  .... He's on Devil's Island, they sent me here to get him, to bring him back here to [[Martinique]]."<ref>''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]''. [[Howard Hawks]]. United States: [[Warner Bros.]], 11 Oct. 1944. From 1:24:52 into the film.</ref>
*The 1944 film ''[[Passage to Marseilles]]'' directed by Michael Curtiz is about five men who escape from Devil's Island to fight for Free France during World War Two.
*''[[We're No Angels (1955 film)|We're No Angels]]'' is a 1955 American movie directed by [[Michael Curtiz]] which starred [[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Aldo Ray]], and [[Peter Ustinov]] as escapees from Devil's Island.
*The season 2, episode 8 of ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' (first broadcast on 4 November 1966) takes place on Devil's Island.
*Episode 9 of ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' (first broadcast on 11 November 1966), titled "Devil's Island", was set on Devil's Island.
*[[Henri Charrière]]'s memoir, ''[[Papillon (book)|Papillon]]'' (1969), ostensibly described the extreme brutality of the penal colony. He claimed to be an escaped convict but was found never to have visited the island.  The book was adapted as an American [[Papillon (1973 film)|movie of the same name]]; released in 1973, it starred [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]]. A [[Papillon (2017 film)|remake]] of ''Papillon'' was released in 2017, starring [[Charlie Hunnam]] and [[Rami Malek]].
*Argentine author [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]]'s novella ''Plan de Evasion'' (A Plan for Escape, 1969), is set on Devil's Island. The novella tells of a French military officer sent to the archipelago and his interactions with the island's governor and staff.
*In the fifth season of American TV series ''[[Frasier]],'' episode 23, "Party, Party", [[Niles Crane|Niles]] extols Seattle's exclusive [[The Explorers Club|Safari Club]], saying "These are the people who introduced [[badminton]] to Devil's Island!"
*Alexander Miles's 1988 history of Devil's Island, including an analysis of Charrière's "memoir" based on the records of the penal colony, show that most of the latter account did not happen, were embellishments, or were feats ascribed to others. Although prisoners were not treated well, conditions were not as bad as in Charrière's account.<ref>Alexander Miles, ''Devil's Island: Colony of the Damned'', Ten Speed Press, 1988</ref>
*In the 2003 episode "[[Bend Her]]" of the animated comedy ''[[Futurama]]'', Devil's Island has independently entered the 3004&nbsp;Olympics; its athletes appear to be wearing striped prison uniforms.
*"Devils Island"<!-- The album omits the apostrophe --> is the title of a song by the band [[Megadeth]] on their 1986 album ''[[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]]'' The song expresses the thoughts of a prisoner on Devil's Island about to be executed.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/lyrics_peace.html#Devil |title=The Realms of Deth – Megadeth Lyrics – Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |publisher=Megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl |access-date=2011-08-14}}</ref>
*Devil's Island has one full episode of [[Dave Salmoni]]'s ''Deadly Islands'' series dedicated to it. Aired on Animal Planet (Discovery Channel Network) in 2015, the episode documents Salmoni's exploration of the island together with talk of its flora & fauna, dangers, and past as host to a network of penitentiaries.
*The life of [[Vere St. Leger Goold]] is the subject of a 2012 Irish theatrical play called ''Love All''. He was a top tennis player in the late 19th century who was convicted of murder and sentenced to Devil's Island. He committed suicide there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chatting with CheeryWild Productions {{!}} Love All|url=http://entertainment.ie/Theatre/feature/Chatting-with-CheeryWild-Productions-%7C-Love-All/10/2697.htm|publisher=Entertainment.ie|date=18 May 2012|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062509/http://entertainment.ie/Theatre/feature/Chatting-with-CheeryWild-Productions-%7C-Love-All/10/2697.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Love All|url=http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Love-All|publisher=Irish Theatre Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065423/http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Love-All|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>
*Devil's Island is the title of a song by musical group [[CocoRosie]], featured as a hidden track on the album ''[[Tales of a GrassWidow]]''.
*In ''Tour de Farce'', a short film starring [[The Inspector]], the title character accompanies a prisoner to Devil's Island.
*[[William Willis (sailor)|William Willis]]'s adventure on Devil's Island was featured in the Season 4 premiere of ''[[Drunk History]]'' on [[Comedy Central]]''.''
*Devil's Island is mentioned in the plot of the 2015 sci-fi book [[Seveneves]].
*Devil's Island and other islands in the prison are mention in Irving Wallace's book ''The Word''.
In Rob Zombie's 2022 movie The Munsters, Herman and Lilly vacation on the beach at Devil's Island Hotel. Herman wears a prison uniform that says Property of Devil's Island Penal Colony.